Hannah did not go and explained to her husband, ‘After the child is weaned, I’ll take him to appear in the Lord’s presence and to stay there permanently.’
Then Solomon woke up and realised it had been a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He elevated the chief cupbearer and the chief baker among his servants.
He held a feast in the third year of his reign for all his officials and staff, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials from the provinces.
Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal’s heart was cheerful, and he was very drunk, so she didn’t say anything to him until morning light.
‘Let me tell you a riddle,’ Samson said to them. ‘If you can explain it to me during the seven days of the feast and work it out, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes.
When she had weaned him, she took him with her to Shiloh, as well as a three-year-old bull, twenty-two litres of flour, and a clay jar of wine. Though the boy was still young, she took him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh.